Recap – Prince Welcome 2 America 21 Night Stand – Los Angeles,CA

Prince Welcome 2 America 21 Night Stand – Recap

Well its official Prince’s 21 Night Stand tour has left Los Angeles. Prince, who back in April announced on Lopez Tonight that he would be performing 21 shows in the city of Angels, issued a giant thank you to all of his fans that came out to his shows and all of the venues and production companies that were involved.

By my count Prince had only performed 20 sets in Los Angeles, which included 15 shows at The Forum, three shows at The House of Blues Sunset Strip, and two shows at the historic Troubadour. I held on hope for weeks that Prince would be doing one more show, bringing his total show count to 21. As it turns out, I counted wrong and totally forgot to count Prince’s performance on Lopez Tonight which brought Prince’s tour to a whopping 21 performances with over a quarter million tickets sold.

Not once did Prince repeat a set and not once did he not play to the venue. One of the things I admire most about Prince after seeing him on this tour is that when he plays an arena he plays an arena set and when he plays a club he plays a club set. Prince’s arena show is over the top and everything an arena show should be. Prince’s club shows are just right, nothing too over the top or more than the venue could actually handle. Throughout the shows, especially the two shows at the Troubadour, people talked smack about the set list. Personally, I thought all the set lists were stellar. Yes, Prince didn’t play every song he ever wrote, but instead, he played a collection of songs that allowed him to get as funky as he pleased. I have to say, Prince is all about the funk and getting down. When it comes down to it, I would have to say that I would be fine if Prince didn’t play a single one of his songs. I go to a Prince show to see Prince play the guitar. I can’t count how many times I heard something that was beyond amazing and said to my self, “What is that magnificent sound?”, then looked around and saw Prince effortlessly playing the guitar. Fact: The Guitar is Prince’s bitch and it’s worth it to see him rock it every single time.

Out of the 21 shows, I was able to attend four of Prince’s sets at The Forum, two at The House of Blues, and one at The Troubadour bringing my count to seven out of 21. It was my goal when Prince started this tour to attend at least nine of the shows. Well, even though I didn’t manage to catch that many shows there is no doubt I will never forget the seven Prince shows I was able to attend. Before Prince’s 21 Night Stand, I was far from a Prince fan and now I have a full blown case of Prince Fever.

In closing, whether or not you consider yourself a Prince fan or you even like his music, if you are a music lover you need to see Prince live at least once in your lifetime. If you live in Los Angeles and somehow managed to miss all 21 of these shows, it sucks to be you, ’cause you blew it. Big ups Prince and thanks for showing LA so much love and allowing a lot of us to have the time of our lives! -lorn

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